New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-20
owners who think they will be damaged should
subordinate their personal feeling to the public

veal.
An ATTEMPT is being made TO excite sympathy
with Captain Black, the counsel Of the Chicae
Anarchists who, it is said, has lost valuable
law practice, not only because he sacrificed his
entire time for year and n half to his clients.
but because his course acnated many of his
friends. We see 10 for sympathy Captain
Black went far beyond his duty to his clients.
lie identified himself with their opinions, and
became as blatant an Anarchist MS any OF them.
We commend the following sentence from his
funeral Grafton OF last Sunday for the consideration
Of any who may be inclined to sympathizc with
the Captain I'VE arc here beside the bodies Of
those who were sublime in their sacrifice. and for
whom the gibbct became a glorious cross" An
American. and an old soldier at that. who talks
in this way. deserves to lose both his law practice
and his friends. Besides an Anarchist ought not
to need either OF these things A law practice
implies completely with courts and governments,
which areabovc all things wicked and an Anarchist
who believes in nothing, surely cannot believe
in friendship
Never mind. Mr. Sparks, you only anticipated
those who bounced you by few short, ieeting
months. You won't be lonely long.
IT appears from the last number of "1he Col
Iector,' journal devoted to the handwriting Of
the human family. that specimen of the chiro
graphical fist OF Charles A. Dana sells for one
dollar, while George w. Chids's autograph COM
mands but scVcnty-hve cents. Let's now
doesn't this 90 TO show that he who worships an
idol may have more honor than the idol itself?
Perhaps the Editor of The Ncw-York World" will
favor the company with his opinion in the premises
at the readings to he given in aid of the American
Copyright League at Chckerinc Hall on the
afternoons of the oath and Goth inst, will be
an event Of considerable interest The object,
which is TO get money 20 carry On the work OF
agitating for a copyright law. 0pi Gals to every
person who has any literary sym athcs, and even
those who take no deep interest in this question
may have legitimate curiosity to see George
William Curtis. r. II. Stoldard, Mark Twain
Edward LGglcston. Charles Dudley Warner. W. ID.
llowcllS, +. K Stockton. George W Cable and
II. c. Brnncr, and hear them interpret their
own works.
\ third rarty rohbitionist is man who be-
licves that the way to advance cause is to put
il in the hands Of lis worst enemies.
Reform appears to lie necessary in the game Of
football gamc-or shall il be called an en-
Gugcment, or = riOt-tooI place at Cambridge the
other day with more than ordinarily destructive
results. The Boston Globc7 says: "1he fierce /
tumu.t Of young passions, the battered features
the confused limbs the broken bones, the sprains .
and welts and eashcs and blood stains that make ,
W the record OF last saturdays football contest /
over 1T Cambridge are enough TO fill the thoughts |
Of one who reads them with mingled disgust and /
horror 1t really would seem as if the college |
authorities might have put in appearance
leiorc the ho,t!Ite,-or were they festivities >
reached such a height
Mr. Villas in welcoming Mr. Cleveland to
the classic shades OF Madison. Wisconsin. told the
Ir ,dcnt that be- Was the great Ruler OF
Go.OO0.OoO OF souls Mr.. Nila>'s promotion 10 tie
Interior Del attn, mt is dccislycly announced.
lie Buildings INSPECTOR who failed to report
the illcea, progress Of the work on
the collapsed Harlem school house has
been acquitted Of blame. SO far as a
cotoncr's jury can acquit. Ills testimony however.
shows a blamcabe loo,cnc>s OF methods in the
buildings Bureau that should not be permitted
to exist another day. He says that he has
several times been told by the superintendent and
acting superintendent not TO interfere when amend
mcnts We're icndinS. That just the situation
IN tins case. and the inspector assumed that n
PRECEDENT had been made. Tie result was the
sacrifice Of seven lives. including that Of the